Law

The School of Law is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the country and has a major international reputation.

Since its inception, it has been at the forefront of legal and public policy formation and development, and many of its graduates and staff have played central roles in public life.

The School has considerable strengths in a number of areas of teaching and research including:

Common Law and Public Law

EU Law

Corporate and Commercial Law

Intellectual Property Law

International Economic Law

Law and Economics, and Law and Development

Jurisprudence

Bioethics and Medical Law

Criminology

The interdisciplinary strengths of the School of Law have been enhanced by the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy the Centre for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies, the Institute for Law, the Economy and Global Governance, and the Sustainability, Policy and Regulation Research Centre.

Our students have access to one of the best Law libraries in the country, a wide variety of web-based resources and the School's active seminar programmes.

All research students are required to undergo formal training in research methods. The School offers courses in Legal Research Methodology, and in Comparative Analysis for Legal Research and Law Reform.